USPTO Patents Application 10758366

Docket No. 64093-087

Declaration and Petition

As below named inventors, we hereby declare that:

Our residences, post office addresses and citizenship are as stated below next to our

names.

We believe we are the original, first and joint inventors of the subject matter which is
claimed and for which a patent is sought on the invention entitled, "Treatments for Snoring
Using Injectable Neuromuscular Stimulators/' the specification of which is attached hereto.

We hereby state that we have reviewed and understand the contents of the above
identified specification, including the claims.

We acknowledge the duty to disclose information which is material to the examination
of this application in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.56(a).

We hereby claim foreign priority benefits under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of any foreign
applications) for patent or inventor's certificate listed below and have also identified below any
foreign application for patent or inventor's certificate having a filing date before that of the
application of which priority is claimed.

PRIOR FOREIGN APPLICATION(S)

Number Country Filing Date Priority Claimed?

NONE

PRIOR UNITED STATES APPLICATION(S)

We hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 of any United States application^)
listed below and, insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of this application is not
disclosed in the prior United States application in the manner provided by the first paragraph of
35 U.S.C. § 112, we acknowledge the duty to disclose material information as defined in 37
C.F.R. § 1.56(a) which occurred between the filing date of the prior application and the national
or PCT international filing date of this application:

Application Serial No. Filing Date Status

NONE

PRIOR UNITED STATES PROVISIONAL APPLICA"¥I0N(S)

We hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of any United States provisional
application(s) listed below:

Application Serial No. Filing Date Status

60/440,175 January 15,2003 Provisional

We hereby declare: All statements made herein of our own knowledge are true and all
statements made on information and belief are believed to be true. These statements were made
with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or
imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and that such willful false statements may
jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issued thereon.

Docket No. 64093-087

Wherefore we pray that L^ers^Patent be granted to us for the invention or discovery
described and claimed in the foregoing specification and claims, and we hereby subscribe our
names to the foregoing specification and claims, declaration, and this petition.

Full name of first inventor David-C^dordon

Inventor's signature

Residence:

Citizenship:

Post Office Address

Grand ForkdJ North Dakota
United States of America
2203 South 38th Street
Grand Forks, ND 58201

Full name of second inventor Gerald E. Loeb, M.D.

Inventor's signature

Residence: South Pasadena, California

Citizenship: United States of America

Post Office Address

1642 Camino Lindo

South Pasadena, California 91030

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Date

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Docket No. 64093-087

Declaration and Petition

As below named inventors, we hereby declare that:

Our residences, post office addresses and citizenship are as stated below next to our

names.

We believe we are the original, first and joint inventors of the subject matter which is
claimed and for which a patent is sought on the invention entitled, 'Treatments for Snoring
Using Injectable Neuromuscular Stimulators," the specification of which is attached hereto.

We hereby state that we have reviewed and understand the contents of the above
identified specification, including the claims.

We acknowledge the duty to disclose information which is material to the examination
of this application in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.56(a).

We hereby claim foreign priority benefits under 35 US.C. § 119 of any foreign
application(s) for patent or inventor's certificate listed below and have also identified below any
foreign application for patent or inventor's certificate having a filing date before that of the
application of which priority is claimed.

PRIOR FOREIGN APPLICATION^)

Number Country Filing Date Priority Claimed?

NONE

PRIOR UNITED STATES APPLICATION(S)

We hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 of any United States application(s)
listed below and, insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of this application is not
disclosed in the prior United States application in the manner provided by the first paragraph of
35 U.S.C. § 112, we acknowledge the duty to disclose material information as defined in 37
C.F.R. § 1.56(a) which occurred between the filing date of the prior application and the national
or PCT international filing date of this application:

Application Serial No. Filing Date Status

NONE

PRIOR UNITED STATES PROVISIONAL APPLICATION(S)

We hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C § 119(e) of any United States provisional
applications) listed below:

Application Serial No. Filing Date Status

60/440,175 January 15, 2003 Provisional

We hereby declare: All statements made herein of our own knowledge are true and all
statements made on information and belief are believed to be true. These statements were made
with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or
imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and that such willful false statements may
jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issued thereon.

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Docket No. 64093-087

Wherefore we pray that Letters Patent be granted to us for the invention or discovery
described and claimed in the foregoing specification and claims, and we hereby subscribe our
names to the foregoing specification and claims, declaration, and this petition.

Full name of first inventor David C. Gordon

Inventor's signature Date_

Residence: Grand Forks, North Dakota

Citizenship: United States of America

Post Office Address 2203 South 38th Street

Grand Forks, ND 58201

Full name of second inventor Gerald E. Loeb, M.D.

Inventor's signature.

Date

Citizenship:

Post Office Address

Residence:

South Pasadena, California
United States of America

1642 Camino Lindo

South Pasadena, California 91030

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